The long-awaited sequel to the cult bestseller Metro 2033, the second volume in the Metro trilogy, Metro 2034 continues the story of survival and struggle that unfolds in the mazes of the Moscow subway after WWIII. As the entire civilization was wiped out by atomic bombs and the surface of the planet is polluted with nuclear fallout, the only place suitable for men to live are shelters and bunkers, the largest of which is the subway system of Moscow, aka the Metro. The year is 2034. There's no hope for humans to return to the surface of Earth, to repopulate the forsaken cities, and to become once again the masters of the world they used to be. So they rebuild a strange and grotesque civilization in the tunnels and at the stations of the subway. Stations become city-states that wage trade and war on each other. A fragile equilibrium is established. And then all can be ruined in matter of days. A new horrible threat looms that can eradicate the remains of humanity and end our era. It would take three unlikely heroes to face this menace. The basis of two bestselling computer games Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, the Metro books have put Dmitry Glukhovsky in the vanguard of Russian speculative fiction. Metro 2034 tells a previously unknown part of the greater Metro saga that some only know from video games. Whether you're new to this series, are a fan of the first novel, or want to explore the world of Metro in depth, Metro 2034 is a perfect read for you! Featuring blistering action, vivid and tough characters, claustrophobic tension and dark satire the Metro books have become bestsellers across the world.
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"Homer couldn't conjure a real girl onto his pages..." Glukhovsky did not do him one better.
Honestly, I don't think it is a bad book. The beginning is very intriguing, full of tension and anticipation. I can feel the fear of isolation and couldn't put it down. I love small, claustrophobic settings, showing the world only through the narrow, very imperfect, gaze of our, scared to death characters. But it's not an easy impression to maintain if you keep adding new POVs. Even harder if you let your world grow, make it safer, lighter, easier. Basically the best part of this book started slowly dying somewhere around the 50% mark, when traveling became super easy, fast, and almost consequence free. It eradicated for me almost the entire tension built up to this point. Almos like the author was feeling his way through the first part of the story, to lose its thread and intellectualize the rest. I wildly speculate of course but some of the final scenes that were supposed to be super deep end emotional came out flat. Like the person writing them didn't really believe in them himself.
If not for the one element it could end up as an okay-ish, a bit boring, but a decent book. With Sasha's character the author kind of outed himself. Post-apocalyptic world and women are really thin ice to walk on. If you as a man write a misogynistic world with misogynistic characters talking misogynistic shit, and do not address this as something condemnable in any way in your story, I take you for a sexist. If you make your character that plays a "good guy" say things about "women's purpose and nature" and do not challenge them in your narrative, I immediately assume you share those sentiments. At best you teach another generation of men to romanticize violence against women. Low.
So let's list the crimes, shall we?
Sexualization of a minor, repeating over and over how super young but mature Sasha was yuck
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